Car-brake-setting lever.



A. W TBLLANDER. OAR BRAKE SETTING LEVER.

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Patented Apr. 9, 1912.

"EEINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AXEL Wf'rnLLANnER, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

CAR-BRljiKE-sETTING LEVER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, AXEL TV. TELLANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain/ new and useful Improvements in Car-Brake- Setting -Levers', and I do hereby declare the f 1 v tollowing to be? a tall, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will en. able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

- invention has for its object to provide an improved brake setting lever for railway cars, and to such ends, generally stated, the invention consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claims.

Usually, a handwvhcel applied to the upper end of a vertical rod has been the device used for setting the brakes of railway cars. These hand-wheels have not had sufficient leverage therein to set the brakes on heavy cars.

My invention provides alever and a co operating ratchet wheel applied to the upper end of the brake rod or shaft, and this lever is made of considerable le1 1gth,'so as to afford great power in setting brakes, and is provided with a pivoted outer end sec tion arrano'ed to drop by gravity when released from the hand, and by its dropping movement, to automatically (lih'CUIlllOCtltself from the ratchet wheel which is secured 'to the upper end of said brake rod and moves therewith.

. Y The invention is illustrated 111 the aceompanying drawings wherein like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views... y

Referring to the drawings, Flgure 11s a vlew'chiefly in elevation, but with some parts sectioned, and some. parts broken- 2 is a horizontal section taken on th line 10 w on-Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is-a view correspondiin to Fi 2. but showin the lever raised L5 C) b in an operative posit-ion; F ig. at is a view partly in bottom plan, and partly in hori- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A r. 9, 1912.

' Application filed November 27, 1911. SerialNo. 662,546.

zontal section on the line 00* 00 on Fig; 1, the lever being shown as extended; and Fig. dis a horizontal section taken on the line m on Fig. 1 looking upward.

The numeral 1 indicates the roof portion of an ordinary box car, and the numeral 2 indicates the vertical brakesetting rod or shaft provided just above the car roof with the ordinary or usual ratchet wheel The numeral 4 indicates the customary dogd to a suitable support 5 von the roof of the car, and cooperating with the ratchet wheel 3 in the well known wayv to hold the brake set.

The numeral 6 indicates a ratchet wheel,

rigidly secured to the upper end of the brake rod 2 at the place where the hand-wheel is usua'lly'secur'ed. This ratchetwheel 6 is located within a] casing made up of a shell section 7 and a rigidly secured, but detachable bottom plate 8.. This casing is loosely pivoted onthe upper end of the rod 2, and

' at one point'onits periphery is provided with an angular perforation through which projects the bifurcated outer end 9 of a ratchet lever 10. This ratchet lever 10 is a short member and within the casing is provided with an oblique cam slot 11, through .which the upper end of the brake rod 2 is prevent-the handle or outer lever'sect-ion l3 from being raised higher than when in the horizontal position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1. When the handle 13 is raised, it will drop'by gravity into a vertical ost tion and its pivoted end is so related to the "adjacent etlgdof the lower plate 8 of the casing? that'whenthe said end piece thus drops by gravity, it will force the ratchet teeth 12 out of engagement with the teeth of the ratchet wheel 6. The slot 11, it will -whieh"in accordance with my invention, is v "teeth 12 thereof, with the teeth of the ratchet wheel (3. Preferably, the upper end portion of the brake setting rod 2 is sup ported by, and journaled in the upper portion of a bearing bracket 16 which will be secured in some suitable way tothe top of the'box car, when the deviceis applied to a car of this kind. It will, of course, be

understood, however, that this improved brake lever is capable of general application to various different kinds of cars and will be found highly serviceable for use in connection with passenger coaches, in which latter application, the parts described would bCuP approximately the same relation to the car platform, which, in the drawings, they bear to the top of the box car.

It is desirable to limit the vibratory movements of the operating lever so that the said lever will always be found standing within a certain'zone of movement. This may be conveniently done by providing the bottom plate 8 of the casing 7 with a depending stop lug 17 that works between and is en gageable with circumferentially spaced steps 18 on the upper portion of the fixed possible but practicable tohave a quite long lever for use in the brake-setting action,

and which,.when not in use, will be out,

of the way. The proper engagement and disen agement between the ratchet wheel 6 and the teeth. or dog carried by the operatin'g leveryis' controlled automatically, in the first instance, by the initial operating movement of the lever, and in the second instance, by the release and drop movement of the pivoted end of the lever. The. brakes are adapted to be set by repeated oscillatory movements ofthe operating lever under sort .of'a ratchet-like action which does not requirethele'ver'to be moved through more than-a small part of the complete rotation. l Vhen-the; brakes "are tobe released, it is only neoessaryfirst-to'drop the pivoted end or handle of the'op'erating lever, which releases the'said'lever from the ratchet Wheel 6, and

then to complete the release of the brakes by kicking or otherwise forcing the retaining dog 4 out of engagement with the re taining ratchet wheel 3.

What I claim is: 1. In a brake setting mechanism, the combination with a brake rod having a'ratchet wheel, of a brake lever mounted for pivotal and radial movements in respect to said rod, operative on said ratchetwheel, and provided with a pivoted handle or outer end section which, when released, disengages said lever from said ratchet wheel by. a radial movement.

2. In a brake-setting mechanism, the com bination with a brake rod providedwith a ratchet wheel, of a brake lever provided witha tooth. engageable with said ratchet wheel and having an oblique cam slot through which saidrod is passed, and a handle pivoted to the outer end of said vlever, arranged to drop by gravity when r'e-f leased, and a part with which said lever engages when in normal position, to disengage said lever from said ratchet wheel. 3. In a brake-setting mechanism, the combination with a brake rod provided with a ratchet wheel, of a caslng mclosmg said ratchet wheel and pivoted on said rod, a lever projecting through one side of said casing, provided with an, oblique slot through which said rod is passed and having a ratchet tooth for engagement with the teeth of said ratchet wheel, and a handle pivoted to the outer end of said lever adapted to drop by gravity when released, and normally engageable with an adjacent portion of said casing, to thereby'disengage said lever from said ratchet wheel.

4. In a brake-setting mechanism, the combination with a brake rod provided with a ratchet wheel, of a casing inclosing said ratchet wheel and pivoted on said rod, a lever projecting through one side of said casing, provided with an oblique slot through which said rod is passed and having a ratchet tooth for engagement with the teeth of said ratchet wheel, a handle pivoted tollo the outer end of said lever adapted to drop by gravity when released, and normally engageable with an adjacent portion of said casin to thereb disen a e said lever from b b D said ratchet wheel, a second ratchet wheel carried by said brake rod, and a retaining dog coiiperating with said latter ratchet wheel, substantially as described.

5.- In a brake-setting mechanism, the combination with a brake rod provided with a 1 20 ratchet wheel, of a casing inclosing said ratchet wheel and pivoted on said rod, a

lever projecting through one side of said casing, provided with an oblique slot through which said rod is passed and having a ratchet tooth for engagement with the teeth of said ratchet wheel, a handle pivoted to the outer end of said lever adapted to drop by gravity when released, and normally engageable with an adjacent portion of said casing, to thereby disengage said lever from said ratchet wheel, and a fixed bearing on said brake rod having stops limiting the oscillatory movernents of said op- 10 erating lever.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses. v

AXEL W. TELLANDER.

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